And this new threat facing the assistance. For example, the ceo of walmart floodravaged state of texas. Heres a quote. Get out now. That is the stark warning to is providing additional water folks just south of houston as supplies, towels, blankets, for the river levees breached a short time ago and as harvey is now circling back over land, one of the shelters that we are Officials Say river water is opening today. Just pounding down, tributaries weve heard from some other and creeks and that they are, quote, at the end of the line. Folks trying to volunteer in the dire predictions of up to area shelters and concerns about 50 inches of rain quickly becoming a reality. Last rainfall estimates, a the red cross doesnt know that there are, in some cases, not staggering 49 inches of water in some areas. That is more rain than houston sufficient supplies, that sees in an entire year. Theres a lack of communication about what is needed. Just extraordinary rescue scenes have been playing out for days now. Here you have two women caught there have been delays in processing volunteer in a wild flood waters, swimming applications, people trying to help. Have you heard of that . Frantically before being dragged well, i mean, i think we have to safety by a member of the customs and Border Protection to put this particular in the unit. Another instance, an elderly woman evacuated out on a proper context. Number one, the rainfall was stretcher. Reporter woman whos in her simply unprecedented and the rainfall was very widespread, 80s has just been rescued from and it just didnt impact the house. The houston fire department, paramedics and volunteers are carrying her through the flood houston, Harris County. Waters on to another stretcher it impacted all of the counties and then theyre going to transport her via that ambulance around it. Right there. And so, yes, you know, we are took a lot of people to make still waiting on fema and the this happen. Lets go to richmond, to red cross to provide the necessary supplies and staffing for all of the shelters that cnns polo sandoval, seeing a exist and those that may be lot of incredible scenes. Needed. So, everybody is being pushed. Tell me some stories. Reporter you know, whats everybody is being pushed. Incredible, brooke, is the and thats why its important to people in this city, richmond, work as a team, and you dont texas, you do not have to tell just rely on any one or two them twice to pack up and head to Higher Ground because theyve sources. Its going to take all of us in experienced the historic flooding thats expected here today. The brazos river, you shouldnt order to meet the needs. Be able to see it from here but so, you know, i just got off the im kind of standing on the banks of it right now. Phone this is tough. What happened here, the last few days, all of harveys rain has this is tough for the people in the greater houston area who are poured into streams and being rescued. But its also tough for the men tributaries and into the brazos and women in blue. River, which is overflowed and just reiterating what we just its expected to reach record heard from a very emotional levels. It will exceed what the people chief acevedo there in houston here and up and down the brazos river had to deal with last texas. Memorial day when the water westminist level, im told, was just shy of hes only been on the job for nine months but he knew this the base of those of the windows in that home. Sergeant steve perez who had this time, its supposed to go been with the Police Department about four to five feet higher for 34 years, who lost his life than that. Its expected to happen in the doing what he loves and given his career and lifetime to, to serving the Houston Police next 48 hours or so. The result, people here have department. Closed up, packed up, and moved he was two days shy of his 60th out. This is one of several riverside birthday. His wife said, please dont go communities that feel like a to work. His fatherinlaw said, please virtual ghost town, brooke. Dont go to work. People here, as soon as they but there he went and he passed were issued that mandatory away on saturday morning as his evacuation, they packed up and left their homes. Yes, some people have come back to try to see what the latest car drove under an underpass that was too deep. Is, maybe even snap a picture or two, but overall, they are so that is the first Police Officer related death that were definitely heeding the warning. Hearing of from this storm. Yes, some of those rescues are here, pictures of the president dramatic and led to a happy and the first lady. Ending, but authorities here are they have been in corpus hoping to avoid having to rescue christi. They have been in austin, briefed on this storm. Anybody else. Last thing i should mention, the but you know, lets go back to water that led to issues down rosa flores who is at the river from where we are, youre Houston Convention center where looking at it here. They have had, i believe it was so, there is a concern here where the Fort Bend County judge told me yesterday, brooke, this 9,000 people, i think initially they had 5,000 cots. Rosa, were live with you now. Is an 800year flood. You tell me, what are people sharing with you. They are worried that the levees what do they need . They have here closer to houston may potential be, in his own reporter they need everything, brooke. Word, overpowered. Thats whats so devastating, levees and bayous and all of these stories coming out of, you that everybody thats arriving here has lost everything, and know, texas area, polo, thank you so much. The quiet that i hear around theyre still grappling with that idea of, first of all, your live shot feels like a good losing everything, and then also thing for folks who would have been there. But he mentioned rescues, you with the trauma of being rescued know, one of those still waiting to be rescued, joyce abbey, a by First Responders or good samaritans, getting plucked from nasa employee who lives across their roofs and so for example, the street from the johnson i talked to one woman who says space center. She is on the phone with me now. Joyce, weve got some pictures that her son actually took their up of, you know, that you took. This is flooding outside of your kayak to go ask for help so that home. I understand you say you were First Responders could get to used to hurricanes, not on a her and her husband. Take a listen. Scale like this. Tell me what your past 24, 48 my 17yearold son, we never hours have been like. Experienced anything, and he oh, its been a little just didnt know what to do, and harrowing but not as harrowing all he could think of is, the as some of the scenes weve seen waters rising, its still played out all over the entire raining, its not going to stop houston and greater Harris County area. Any time soon, mom, i got to get the water comes up, the water goes down. You out of here. The rain pours and it comes back up again so im very, very so reporter and you said that he went on a kayak to higher fortunate. Weve got neighbors whove got anywhere from knee deep to waist ground to get help, to get you out. Yes, he did. Deep water to chest deep water he was very brave. In their homes. He went on a kayak through the so ive fared pretty darn good. Rising waters, and he went and good. I appreciate, given the got help. Reporter and were learning pictures, your optimistic from city officials that another attitude and not just that, but youre a nasa employee. Shelter will be opened and i mean, when you think of theyre hoping to open that this afternoon, but brooke, theyre houston, you think nasa. Telling us that here at this you know, you are across the street from Johnson Space shelter, they need wheelchairs, center. Literally across the street. They need socks, they need hows it looking . Literally across the street. Blankets, they need pillows for people because theyre arriving i know the Johnson Space here soaking wet, and hoping for centers been in Constant Contact with employees and i am a Little Corner in this a contractor to nasa, not a nasa employee, but were impacted Convention Center to get some sleep and also get some food. Where theres a large number of us who support the civil brooke. Coloring books, puzzles for servants at Johnson Space center, and their biggest concern is about all of us. The kids, you said it, they need weve had groups who have, as everything. Youve heard reported, in rosa flores, thank you so much. Mission control, making sure the and if you would like to help those affected by hurricane space station is operating harvey, you can. Cnn has a list of vetted safely and theyve already reached out to know get ahold of organizations for you on our impact your world website, just what were calling second go do cnn. Com impact. Responders, a term my friend next, lot of talk about texas, but we need to focus on coined. The folks who cant be on the louisiana here as well. Front lines but were ready to it has been 12 years to the day, go out, ready to help. Weve been reaching out to today, since Hurricane Katrina colleagues to assess what needs hit. There is new potential for our employees have and how we flooding as Tropical Storm can meet them. And what needs our community has harvey continues churning off and what the shelters all around the gulf coast. To louisiana we go. Coming up. Us might need and how we can meet those needs so were ready to be the second line, the second responders, if you will. Ive just been thinking about na nasa contractors, nasa employees, whats happening here is affecting outer space, just to put it in perspective and the iss. If you could book a flight, let me ask you, joyce, youre then add a hotel, or car, not going stir crazy, i or activity in one place and save, understand you have put yourself to work. Im doing great. Where would you go . Going a little crazy but youre putting yourself to work. Youre organizing the Community Relief efforts over social expedia gives you the world in your hand, media. Whats the message you want to get out there . So you can see more of it. That, you know, texans take care of each other. We did it during ike and were expedia. Ready to go but we certainly need help. You know, a lot of our Grocery Stores are running out of food and gasoline. Our First Responders truly need those supplies to help out. We hopefully have i understand convoys are on the way but american red cross, if youre driven to give, do so. Do so. Absolutely. This is going to be a long, long recovery, and we know were going to have employees with posttraumatic stress as a result of this, so were also putting in place some Mental Health services for them. Folks are going need to decompress and get back and focus on our job, which is to fly humans in space safely. Wow. Joyce abbey, from humans in space to humans on the ground there in houston, just dealing with all this. Thank you so much for calling in. Were glad youre okay. Hang in there. You bet. My pleasure. Thank you. President trump and the first lady, they are now en route to austin, texas. The president was briefed on relief efforts in Corpus Christi close to the area where harvey made landfall. I can tell you that my folks just telling me how great the your representatives have been in working together. Its a real team. And we want to do it better than ever before. We want to be looked at in five years and ten years from now as this is the way to do it. This was of epic proportion. Nobodys ever seen anything like this. And i just want to say that working with the governor and his entire team has been an honor for us. So, governor, again, thank you very much, and we wont say congratulations. We dont want to do that. We dont want to congratulate. Well congratulate each other when its all finished. So lets go to jeff zeleny. You know, the fact that you guys are in austin, obviously, thats far from the floodravaged regions. Its important to keep the resources on ground zero and not for the president to detract from that. Reporter indeed, brooke. Good afternoon. The president is making his way here to austin. Hes going to be visiting the state Emergency Command Center with Governor Abbott and the two republican senators from here in texas as well. He is intentionally steering clear of houston and the other disaster zones, no question about that. We are in austin so there are a few protesters here, a liberal city, of course, but after the president made those remarks, he addressed a small crowd outside a fire station. Lets take a look. Immediately. Thank you, everybody. What a crowd. What a turnout. I want to thank our governor. Your governor has done a fantastic job. Governor abbott, thank you very much. Hes right here some place. Hes right here. So we just want to thank your governor. Senator cruz, senator cornyn, everybody, dan, we want to thank the whole group. This has been a total cooperative effort. Again, we will see you soon. I will tell you this is thats why at comcast were continuing to make4 7. Our services more reliable than ever. Historic. Its epic. What happened, but you know Like Technology that can update itself. What . It happened in texas, and texas an advanced fibernetwork infrustructure. Can handle anything. Thank you all, folks. New, more Reliable Equipment for your home. Thank you. Thank you. And a new culture built around customer service. It all adds up to our most Reliable Network ever. One that keeps you connected to what matters most. Reporter so, brooke, those comments coming just a short time ago before the president flew from Corpus Christi to make his way here in austin. You can hear he is being applauded there by supporters on a very windy day here, even here in central texas. But look, the test for this louisiana is bracing for president , as he knows, is to harveys next move. Get congress and others behind keep in mind today marks the the relief effort and the bill, 12th anniversary of hurricane and of course to make sure the government is indeed on top of this still unfolding calamity katrina. That catastrophic storm just ripped through new orleans, here. So, despite the president s talk deadly aftermath capturing the of a turnout, a big crowd, nation. 1,800 people died from historic sounding like he normally does, floods, tens of thousands have this is a different moment and a lost their homes and now different test for this new officials are eyeing potentially president , brooke. It is. It is indeed. Dangerous flash flooding. Jeff zeleny, thank you. Kaley is live for us in lake in austin for us. Coming up next, more than 9,000 people have already streamed into the houston charles, louisiana. Tell me about some of the Convention Center. Stories youre hearing. Many with little more than just reporter brooke, a couple of soaking wet clothes on their hundred people were rescued from backs. We are live inside to hear how their homes in the middle of the these families are coping. Night as a drainage system overflowed. And Mega Church Pastor joel and now were waiting for governor john bell towards to ostein responds to critics that arrive here at command center in he did not open the doors of his lake charles. I want to bring in the director of Homeland Security and sanctuary fast enough to those Emergency Preparedness for this in need. And a little later, north parish. What can you tell us about the korea fires a missile over japan rescues rescues that are going on right sending people running for now. The waters still rising in cover. President trump says, hey, all some places, abating in some options are on the table when it comes to north korea. Well discuss what that could areas but rising in others so weve performed several rescues mean. Youre watching cnn special live today already. Were concerned now that were coverage. Im brooke baldwin. If you have medicare having more of these spiral bands from the Tropical Storm dumping rain on us and if we get two or three more inches, well be right back where we were last night. Reporter a couple minutes away from a meeting with the governor. Whats most important to communicate to him while youve got him here . Parts a and b and want more coverage, well, the same thing that i think everyone is thinking at guess what . Home, the poor people who got you could apply for a Medicare Supplement insurance water in their house, were plan whenever you want. Thinking about their welfare, no enrollment window. How are they going to make it, do they have insurance, things no waiting to apply. Like that. So were once the emergencys that means now may be a great time to shop for an over, were worried about aarp Medicare Supplement insurance plan, peoples welfare. Reporter and being right insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. Here in the middle of your command center, i can see medicare doesnt cover everything. And like all standardized projection have the storm here Medicare Supplement insurance plans, these help cover some of what medicare hitting directly wednesday afternoon. What needs to happen between now doesnt pay. And then. So dont wait. Call now to request your free well, were restocking our search and rescue crews, decision guide. Watching this storm track, of it could help you find the course, they have it coming aarp Medicare Supplement plan directly to us as a tropical that works for you. Storm now. Of course, weve been watching these types of plans have this for eight days or so, so no networks, were everybodys ready to so you get to choose any doctor who accepts get this over. Reporter absolutely. Thank you, dick. Medicare patients. Thank you. Rates are competitive, reporter brooke. And theyre the only plans thank you so much. Of their kind endorsed by aarp. Remember these plans let you apply eager to demonstrate all year round. Leadership. So call today. President trump and the first lady in texas today, we just saw because nows the perfect time them hop off the plane there in to learn more. Austin, texas, from corpus go long. Christi. You know, there are some questions as far as the president s beltway troubles and policies, will that hamper his ability to help these victims or really when it comes to congress and this whole federal funding fight, hows that going to go down. Ron brown stein wrote a peiece and he wrote, harvey may demonstrate just how much the manmade gales of Political Polarization has diminished the nations capacity to forge common cause against even the fiercest natural disasters. I wanted to get right into your piece but first, youve seen the president today. You heard him in Corpus Christi and then with that texas flag and the huge roar from the crowd a little while later. How do you think hes done so far . Well, i mean, the key the real question is how the federal government has done, and so far, all the local officials seem to be giving it good marks. Hes had a lot of vacancies in his government, a lot of questionable appointments but fema is one that had bipartisan support, 95 votes in the senate and they seem to be handling this very professionally in the nearterm response. The longerterm question are, you myour joints. Thing for your heart. You know, as you allude to, both or your digestion. The funding of the so why wouldnt you take something reconstruction that is going to be massive and difficult and for the most important part of you. Your brain. Also one step beyond that, the question of the role of climate with an ingredient originally found in jellyfish, change in increasing the risk of prevagen is now the number one selling brain Health Supplement in drug stores nationwide. Catastrophic events like this, which is now, i believe, largest amount of rain that has ever prevagen. The name to remember. Fallen from one storm in the continental united states. Lets talk about the first piece of that, the federal funding. You talk about how everybody comes together, National Unity in a time of crisis but you look at the past, look at katrina, you look at super storm sandy, and thus the bickering begins. What happened there to create such a, you know, Political Polarization . Right. I mean, you see, the scenes we see every day have been remarkable about ordinary citizens coming together across every conceivable line of partisanship, race, class, just seeing each other as neighbors and helping out. Much more difficult to sustain that level of unity as you move to the national debate. After katrina, mike pence, who is now the Vice President , led an effort called operation offset, which said that the federal government should not put dollars into rebuilding louisiana without offsetting it with budget cuts elsewhere, including the new Medicare Prescription Drug benefit that george w. Bush established. Again, in 2012, with hurricane hit could be the next big thing i should totally get that domain name. Sandy, Mick Mulvaney led an get your great idea online too. Effort that said federal government should only spend for get your domain today, and get. The rebuilding of new york and new jersey if it was offset with. A free trial of gocentral from godaddy budget cuts. Twothirds of House Republicans voted for that, even though it failed, and ultimately, the vast majority of republicans in both welcome back. Chambers, including the senators from texas and most of the Republican House members from youre watching special coverage texas, voted against the aid to here on cnn. Mega Church Pastor joel osteen new york and new jersey, arguing says the doors of his Houston Church are now open, accepting those in need, but moments ago, that it was stuffed with a kprc reporter tweeted out this extraneous projects, an argument that i think has been pretty photo of the lines outside of effectively debunked by the the church. You know, the back story of this Washington Post among others, is that osteen faced heavy, but now they are in the position of asking for help and it will be interesting to see whether heavy criticism on social media mulvaney and pence will demand because the church wasnt offsetting budget cuts elsewhere initially available to shelter those in need. Before texas gets the aids it Lakewood Church responded to the needs. Its those texans that are in criticism by saying the church was inaccessible due to severe flooding. Congress this go around that are today, joel osteen himself tweeted, victoria and i care going to need the help. And you saw the president deeply about our fellow promising swift emergency funding. Houstonians, lakewoods doors but last question, for you, just are open and we are receiving prediction time, will Congress Anyone who needs shelter. Now, the main shelter kind of listen . I honestly i dont know. Ground zero in houston, thats i think the instinct is yes. Housing these flood victims has i think the republicans will back off the demands for swelled beyond capacity, but the red cross is telling cnn that offsetting spending cuts, knowing how much it slows things they will not turn anyone away down but paul ryan was another one who called for that in 2012. Over at the Houston Convention so, we will see, you know, the center. Cnn was allowed inside the northeastern republicans on the building where more than 9,000 other side of that have kind of people spent the night and more preemptively tweeted they will support the funding this time people are showing up by the but it really just goes to show, hour. Were going take you to rosa i mean, these two examples of flores here in just a second. But just hearing that were going to listen in to the katrina and sandy, that we are houston mayor right now. All in this together and the wheel is turning and by the way, as i mentioned in the story, i behalf of the people in the city of houston, i cannot say it think almost all experts agree enough themselves. That Climate Change is and at the same time, they have increasing the risk of, you been putting themselves in know, events like this. The former head of the national harms way, in danger on behalf oceanic and atmospheric of other people. Administration told me harvey is today, im sad and deeply a glimpse of the future and i think that is a debate that we need to be having. Saddened to announce the death its a great piece. I read it first thing this of Sergeant Steve perez. Morning. Urge everyone to log on to this is an individual who was cnn. Com to find it. With hpd, houstons finest, men ron, thank you. As im thanking you, these are live pictures, paul and and women in blue, for 34 years. Crew, theyve been out and about. This is, i believe, ray driver, in fact, he was two days shy of private citizen, working with the church, and just continuing his 61st birthday. To rescue people in these different neighborhoods here in and he lost his life on sunday the houston area. Just stunning. Wear were getting also, morning on his way to work. Just think of the professional on behalf of the people of the city of houston and our great photographers who are in the thick of thikz things as well, city, i want to take the time to taking photos of scenes like this. Were going to talk to the woman extend my condolences, my behind the lens as the tragedy has been unfolding. Prayers, to his family, crab lovers dream were going to talk to the woman behind the lens as the tragedy specifically to his has been unfolding. Specifically to his wife, only during crabfest. Now this is seafood. Cheryl, to his son as well as to and hurry in to enjoy our new crab melt, part of our seafood lovers lunch his daughter. Every single day, we ask our men weekdays just 9. 99 theres nothing more important than your health. In blue and women to show up, to so if youre on medicare or will be soon, come to work, when conditions are good and even when you may want more than parts a and b conditions are very challenging. Heres why. And every day, we ask them to medicare only covers about 80 of your part b medical expenses. Get on our roads and to come to the rest is up to you. Work and to strive to make this you might want to consider city a much better place in an aarp Medicare Supplement insurance plan, which to live. Today, i will simply say that insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. Our hearts are saddened. We grieve for this family. Like any Medicare Supplement insurance plan, we extend to them our prayers these help pick up some of what medicare doesnt pay. From the entire Houston Community and quite frankly even and, these plans let you choose any doctor beyond. Because he was seeking to serve or hospital that accepts medicare patients. This city and all those who would come into our city. You could stay with the doctor or specialist you trust. Having said that, let me go to or go with someone new. Chief acaveda. Youre not stuck in a network. Thank you, mayor. First, let me just thank you, because there arent any. Mayor, for always being with us. So dont wait. Youre always with us in good call now to request your free decision guide times and in bad times and on and find the aarp Medicare Supplement plan behalf of the family, i just want to thank you for your that works for you. Support of this police theres a range to choose from, department and obviously the depending on your needs and your budget. Perez family. What i want to do is go over rates are competitive. This event, provide an outline of what occurred. And theyre the only plans of their kind endorsed by aarp. I just want to just thank my team thats up here, all of our executive assistant chiefs. Like any of these types of plans, they have been working and they let you apply whenever you want. Assistant chiefs and ray hunt from the hpou who this has been theres no enrollment window. No waiting to apply. A real family and a real partnership, so today, steve wasnt just taken from the so call now. Houston Police Department. He wasnt just taken from the remember, Medicare Supplement plans city of houston. He was taken from the people of help cover some of what medicare doesnt pay. Houston. What occurred was this, as youll be able to choose any doctor or follows. On sunday, august 27, steve hospital that accepts medicare patients. Whether youre on medicare now or turning 65 soon, perez, Sergeant Steve perez, who had been on, again, like the mayor said, for 34 years, its a good time to get your ducks in a row. Assigned to the Traffic Enforcement division, left his home at 4 00 a. M. , left his home duck quack call to request your free decision guide now. Because the time to think about tomorrow is today. In heavy rain. As a matter of fact, i just got back from making notification a little while ago, and the community is not accessible but for our aircraft, we wouldnt have been able to get out there. But he left at 4 00 a. M. On sunday, august 27, to get to his workstation. Sergeant perez, while driving around, our investigation has determined that he spent about this catastrophic storm two and a half hours driving harvey has just provided all around, trying to get to his these compelling images. A lot of them taken by people duty station, which is traffic who live in these areas in texas enforcement division, and and sharing them on social media. But others are taken by seasonal central here downtown houston. He could not find a path, and professional photographers just you can imagine heavy rain, dark out doing their jobs. This disaster has meant all roadways, who knows what else he hands on deck for houstons saw out there with the lighting hometown newspaper and the and that more rural community. Houston chronicle and its team he kept driving around, couldnt of journalists. Find it, so he called his chain so these are just some of the of command and said, listen, i can not get to my primary duty photos of a staffer at the station. Being the dedicated professional this man is, like the rest of Houston Chronicle and she is the men and women in blue in our joining us from her socalled office at the Houston ConventionFirst Response family, he followed our protocol, which is to go to a secondary location, center. Alyssa, thanks so much for joining me. Were going to fly through some the nearest location you can get to, which is the kingwood of these, beginning with this photograph you took of this office. He had learned that we were actually going to, and we have evacuated his primary station. Weve now evacuated the teary, ex asperated woman sittig secondary station as they were at the wheel of her car, and you experiencing floods as well. Said this hit you the most. Can you tell me about this . Sure. So that was sunday the 27th. This is jennifer pena. On monday, the 28th, his chain i ran into her in the parking lot of Gallery Furniture where of command was holding their they were taking people who are regular roll call when they displaced from the flood. Her and her family were out on noticed that Sergeant Perez was not present. Their boats to help out. At that time, they started making attempts to reach him and the first place they were taking could not get ahold of him. When they couldnt get ahold of people to stopped taking people, him, understanding that this man is a dedicated individual that they were at capacity, so she was finding any way to take would not just not show up to work and one of the things that we know over the years in these other people that they had in events, when something this their cars already. Got it. Lets go to the next one. Historical, sometimes first weve got a man in his home. Responders dont show up. You can see the water. Well, i like to say that our it looks about ankle high, people have been showing up, grabbing his medicine. Have stayed at work and the vast who is this . Majority have not left since his name is jose, and right now his last name escapes me. Saturday night. Contacted his wife and she advised us that she had not seen but he had a lot of flooding her husband since 4 00 a. M. On around his house. His family said they would come the 27th. Pick him up the following day, we immediately began an and they just couldnt get through on the streets. So, again, penas family went extensive search of potential out and got him out. Path of travel. We utilized other investigative he had some stuff going on on techniques to try to locate him. His leg, like a big cut and and monday evening, at about stuff, so he couldnt go walking through the water which was 10 00 p. M. , we narrowed the about waist deep. And, you know, its not just these images of the storm that search to hardy tollway and are so powerful. You took a picture of a mother. This one really speaks to me beltway 8. With the mom in the seat with we responded to hardy tollway and beltway 8, where we were her daughter and the bottle of milk. Had a high sense of probability where was this . Yeah, thats actually at that it was the last place that Gallery Furniture north of 45. He would have been. They took in people. We called for our dive team. They actually did it at katrina we even used one of our what and they said they had about 20. This time they had 400 people at are we calling these people from their place. Louisiana, god bless them . Our cajun navy. This woman, its actually her you know, our american cajun granddaughter, and there was no food there except there was milk navy to help us look for him. At the coffee bar. So they were able to grab some milk for her, but she was concerned about the lack of food so, we couldnt find him, and for the granddaughter. Once our dive team got there, it so, you know, youre a was too treacherous to go under journalist. This is your job to cover this, and look for him. So, we made a decision to leave you know, but this is also so incredibly personal. Houston is your home. Officers there waiting until the how is your home and how are you holding up . Morning because as much as we wanted to recover him last my home is good. Night, we could not put more i live on the top floor of an officers at risk for what we apartment four floors up. Knew in our hearts was going to i have a little leaking in the be a recovery mission. Roof, but ill be okay. We had flooding in our parking lot the first day, but that went we kept his wife apprised, even through and i was very fortunate though we had a high probability that i was able to get out, very that he was gone, we always hold fortunate that i have power and electricity. A lot of my coworkers this is on to hope. Still the beginning. So i called her last night. Its still going on. So theyre dealing with water she was desperately wanting more coming up to their home and even information. I told her, we still havent trying to get out of their neighborhoods. Elizabeth conley, thank you for just doing your job and your found him. Were still looking. Were checking hospitals. You know, we cant communicate with the hospitals because some professionalism. Keep at it with the houston of them have been evacuated and that we would keep her apprised of the situation. Chronicle. Thank you. Minutes from now, president this morning at 8 00 a. M. , the dive team was out there again, trump will be touring the main which was their number one hub for Emergency Operations in priority, and within 20 minutes, texas as the state is trying to they found him. Cope with just all this water unfortunately, in the darkness, devastation that is still coming in from this storm harvey. Sergeant perez drove into an more on that. Underpass thats about 16 and a were back in a moment. For your heart. Half feet, drove into the water, and he died in a flood in a drowning type event. Let me just say this, that we had the privilege of notifying his wife and his son, his extended family, at their home, that he died that he laid down his life and of course the wife had the reaction that we always expect when we see these. But im heartened by two things. Number one, i got to learn that hes a family of faith, that has faith in god and when you have faith, theres hope. Theres hope in eternal life and it gives us all collective strength and the houston Police Department, knowing that this family knows that as much as theyre hurting, like our mayor, i always say hes always preaching, even when its not sunday, he preaches every day. The wife told me she had asked him not to go in. And steve was one of the sweetest people ive met in this department. Ive only been here nine months and weve got, you know, 6,500 employees and i knew who steve perez was, because he was a sweet, gentle public servant. And she tells me, i told him not to go to work. I really didnt want him to go. His fatherinlaw, a korean war veteran from the army, combat veteran, we told him not to go. Because the conditions were so bad. And his response was, weve got work to do. And heres a man that didnt spend, you know, 20 minutes and then come back and say, hey, i tried. He spent close to two and a half hours because he has that in his dna. And so i told his wife, let me ask you something, maam, youre a person of faith. If the lord was going to take him today, how do you think he would want to go, laying in bed, watching a disaster, or doing your joints. What hes done for 34 years. Or your digestion. So why wouldnt you take something and the smile that overcame that for the most important part of you. Womans face, his beautiful your brain. Wife, said it all. With an ingredient originally found in jellyfish, if it was his turn to go, she said, this is the way he would prevagen is now the number one selling brain Health Supplement have wanted to go. And so with that, i just want to in drug stores nationwide. Tell the men and women of the houston Police Department that prevagen. The name to remember. The what you have displayed for the past four days, sleeping on cots, our dive team yesterday, their only meal was a a pack of water. And they were out there at 11 d1 30 at night. And for those that have been tweeting about, why are the cops being fed, they cant save people, and despite the people that we have not been able to do the best of jobs feeding them, they are out there on a power bar having worked 37 hours. So, im sorry that were feeding them, but thats why were doing it, so they can save lives. So with that, i just want to say that we will continue. This Police Department is resilient, as is this community, and i look forward to taking this man and giving him the honors and his family that he so richly deserves. So on the day that we have his funeral, and i know that this is houston and its going to be they know its going to be a while because we have some work to do that he would want us to do, we will apologize now when we mess up traffic, but the least we can do is a day that we say goodbye, that this family and this Community Get an opportunity to pay their respects. And with that, we can open up to questions. [ speaking Foreign Language ] well get you back to special coverage of texas in a moment. Breaking news into the investigation of russias m meddling in the 2016 election. [ speaking Foreign Language ] don jr. Has just agreed to sit down with a transcribed interview with the Senate Judiciary committee. This is all a response for that meeting where he met with russians, that meeting happening at trump tower. Senior congressional tower monu raju with more. [ speaking Foreign Language ] monu, what are you learning about this sitdown . Reporter the sitdown, donald trump jr. Was invited to sit down in a Public Session before this Judiciary Committee in july. He cut a deal to avoid that public appearance. They had weeks of negotiations and now donald trump jr. Has agreed to a private, closed door meeting with Senate JudiciaryCommittee Staff and senators were also invited. They can come down and meet with don jr. In this transcribed interview that they will be discussing that trump tower meeting from june of 2016 in which trump jr. , of course, as he said, was promised dirt from the russians on the clinton campaign. Jared kushner, Paul Manafort also attended that meeting. This will be the first time he does sit down with anyone from capitol hill. He had said publicly in the aftermath of the revelations, don jr. Said publicly he would be willing to testify under oath before congress, but once he was invited by this committee to talk in public, instead he wanted to go behind the scenes, behind closed doors. Its uncertain, brooke, if he will, in fact, testify in a Public Session. Other committees like the house and Senate IntelligenceCommittee Also want to talk to donald trump jr. But we know now that he has agreed to a date for this closed door session with the Senate Judiciary committee. They are not disclosing the date as of yet, but i was told by the top democrat and republican on that committee, they told me previously they expected him to come as soon as september, so we could be seeing him on capitol hill in just a matter of days here, brooke. Got it, monu. Youll be all over it for us as always, thank you so much. Monu raju in washington. Thank you for being with us on this tuesday afternoon. Getting word from the police chief there in houston, texas, the first Police Officer fatality in the storm, Sergeant Perez, 34 years with houston pd. Im brooke baldwin. The lead starts now. Welcome to the lead. Im Brianna Keeler in for jake tapper. Were going to begin with breaking news in the national lead. President trump arriving in texas. He is about to get a tour of the Operations Center there after stopping in Corpus Christi today. Today there are new warnings to residents. Get out now as a levee is pushed to its limit in houston and harvey continues to relentlessly pour down on the gulf coast. Just moments ago we learned that